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Speloeophorus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Taxonomy
Speloeophorus was named by Milne Edwards (1865). It is extant. Its type is Oreophorus nodosus.

It was assigned to Ebaliinae by Todd and Collins (2005), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Karasawa et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Speloeophorus Milne Edwards
2005Speloeophorus Todd and Collins p. 71
2010Speloeophorus Schweitzer et al. p. 90
2017Speloeophorus Luque et al. p. 31
2019Speloeophorus Karasawa et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
familyLeucosiidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyEbaliinaeStimpson 1871
genusSpeloeophorusMilne Edwards 1865

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Speloeophorus Milne Edwards 1865
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†Speloeophorus subcircularis Todd and Collins 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:36:32
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:36:32
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) S. subcircularis (228695)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica (Puntarenas) S. subcircularis (228536)